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Canadian Association of Labour Media - aggregated feedsenLabourStart: Iran: Free teacher unionist detained in Kurdistan provincehttps://www.ei-ie.org/en/detail/16163/iran-free-teacher-unionist-detained-in-kurdistan-province
LabourStart headline - Source: Education InternationalThu, 21 Feb 2019 19:00:00 -0500UFCW Canada: Manufacturing members at Riobel secure first union contract – UFCW 1991Phttp://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32204:manufacturing-members-at-riobel-secure-first-union-contract-ufcw-1991p&catid=10034&Itemid=6&lang=en
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<img alt="" src="http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/directions19/19.015/Manufacturing-New-Contract-110.jpg" style="width: 90px; height: 54px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" />Saint-J&eacute;r&ocirc;me (Que.) &ndash; February 21, 2019 &ndash; UFCW Canada Local 1991P members at Riobel have achieved their first union contract, winning important gains such as wage increases, new benefits, and improvements to working conditions.&nbsp;</p>
</div>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:44:53 -0500UFCW Canada: UFCW Global Solidarity: Tell Perfetti Van Melle to respect workers’ rights in Bangladeshhttp://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32203:ufcw-global-solidarity-tell-perfetti-van-melle-to-respect-workers-rights-in-bangladesh&catid=10034&Itemid=6&lang=en
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<img alt="" src="http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/directions19/19.015/Respect_Workers3_110.jpg" style="width: 90px; height: 54px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" />Toronto &ndash; February 21, 2019 &ndash; UFCW Canada is encouraging activists and allies to support an urgent global solidarity campaign aimed at protecting the labour rights of food workers in Bangladesh.</p>
</div>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:42:53 -0500NUPGE: HSAA criticizes Kenney’s plan for potential $1.2 billion cut to health carehttps://nupge.ca/content/hsaa-criticizes-kenney%E2%80%99s-plan-potential-12-billion-cut-health-care
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>"NDP government has already budgeted for 3 per cent increases in the next 2 years, so the freeze suggested by Kenney will take those increases off the table. That means a cut of $621 million in 2019/20 and a cut of $636 million in 2020/21." — Mike Parker, HSAA president</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:37:17 -0500Rank and File - latest news: West Virginia Strikes Again, Defeating Privatization Bill in a Single Dayhttp://rankandfile.ca/west-virginia-strikes-again-defeating-privatization-bill-in-a-single-day/
By Barbara Madeloni “Don’t start those buses tomorrow,” said Joe White, executive director of the West Virginia School Service Personnel Association. He was announcing the second statewide education strike in West Virginia in a year, alongside the leaders of the state’s two teacher unions. The&#8230; <a href="http://rankandfile.ca/west-virginia-strikes-again-defeating-privatization-bill-in-a-single-day/">Read More</a>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:00:20 -0500LabourStart: Ukraine: 192 miners protesting undegroundhttp://kvpu.org.ua/en/news/4/3300-150minersofthesoeselydivvugilliastartedundergroundprotests
LabourStart headline - Source: KVPUWed, 20 Feb 2019 19:00:00 -0500Manitoba Government & General Employees Union: University College of the North ratifies new agreementhttps://www.mgeu.ca/news-and-multimedia/news/read,article/1825/university-college-of-the-north-ratifies-new-agreement
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Members of the University College of the North - Local 69 in the Pas and Local 70 in Thompson ratified a new four-year agreement today.
</p>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:21:37 -0500UFCW Canada: UFCW 1006A members at Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer end strikehttp://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32199:ufcw-1006a-members-at-baxtrom-s-your-independent-grocer-end-strike&catid=10034&Itemid=6&lang=en
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<img alt="" src="http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/directions19/19.015/baxtroms-store-front-YIG_110.jpg" style="width: 90px; height: 54px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" />Cornwall, Ont. &ndash; February 20, 2019 &ndash; UFCW Canada Local 1006A members working at Baxtrom&#39;s Your Independent Grocer (YIG) in Cornwall, Ontario have voted to end a 12-week labour dispute by accepting the latest company offer, which includes gains for members.</p>
</div>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:52:32 -0500Unifor: Unifor proudly recognizes Pink Shirt Dayhttps://www.unifor.org/en/whats-new/news/unifor-proudly-recognizes-pink-shirt-day
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<p>Unifor proudly recognizes Pink Shirt Day, an annual event on the last Wednesday in February where Canadians across the country come together to support the important commitment to a safe, harassment-free environment at work and school.</p>
<p>Pink Shirt Day began in Berwick, Nova Scotia in 2007 when David Shepherd, Travis Price and a large group of students decided to defend their peer who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In a show of solidarity, they, and many students turned up to school the next day wearing pink shirts.</p>
<p>All members are encouraged to participate in Pink Shirt Day, which happens on Wednesday, February 27 this year. Wearing a pink shirt on that day is both an important statement of solidarity to those who have been bullied. By wearing a pink shirt, and sharing a message or the Unifor image online, you can help to show that the union is committed to speaking out against bullying and harassment.</p>
<p>Download this <a href="https://www.unifor.org/sites/default/files/documents/document/pinkshirtday-poster-en-2019.pdf">poster</a> and <a href="https://www.unifor.org/sites/default/files/documents/document/pinkshirtday-shareable-en-2019.jpg">shareable </a>to promote Pink Shirt Day.</p>
<p>Help to organize your workplace to participate in Pink Shirt Day this year, but do not let it end there. Take time and familiarize yourself with <a href="https://www.unifor.org/sites/default/files/attachments/677-unifor_harassment_workplace_eng.pdf">Unifor’s process of addressing harassment and bullying in the workplace.</a> Make a promise to act, speak out against bullying and offer kindness every day.</p>
<p>If you have a Pink Shirt Day story or photo, share it! Email <a href="mailto:communications@unifor.org"><strong>communications@unifor.org</strong></a> or post online at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/uniforcanada" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook</strong></a><strong>.com/UniforCanada</strong> and use the #unifor hashtag on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/unifortheunion" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</p>
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</div>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:00:00 -0500Unifor: Unifor sponsors Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters Summithttps://www.unifor.org/en/whats-new/news/unifor-sponsors-alberta-council-womens-shelters-summit
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<p>Unifor is a proud sponsor of the Leading Change Summit, an initiative of the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters, running February 19 – 21, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta.</p>
<p>“These shelters play an integral role when it comes to primary prevention work, offering crucial support to women, often as the first point of contact,” said Joie Warnock, Unifor Western Regional Director. “We are seeing conversations about sexual harassment, domestic violence, workplace harassment and other forms gender-based violence take place in mainstream media, so it is more important than ever that service providers, such as shelters, are part of that discussion.”</p>
<p>A Unifor delegation of five members are attending summit.</p>
<p>In 2016-17 alone, 9,927 women and children were accommodated by shelters in Alberta. The summit’s theme, “Bold Conversations to End Gender-Based Violence in a Changing World” offers a platform where service providers and users, educators, facilitators, policy makers and leaders in public and private domains can meaningfully engage with each other.</p>
<p>“Consent, gender norms and intimate partner violence are key issues that affect us all and that we must educate ourselves and others about,” said Lisa Kelly, Unifor Director of Women’s Department. “This summit provides an avenue to come together and devise innovative solutions that effectively address gender-based violence.”</p>
<p>Present at the summit is actor, activist, author and 2017 TIME Person of the Year, Terry Crews. Crews will share his own experiences of confronting the pervasive culture of toxic masculinity and will be part of a panel discussion on the topic. Joining Crews on the panel is keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Flood, an internationally recognized researcher on men, masculinities, and violence prevention, and an activist and educator.</p>
<p><strong>About Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters</strong></p>
<p>For 35 years, the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters has worked with shelter organizations in Alberta to help better serve women, children and seniors. For more information, visit: <a href="https://acws.ca/leading-change-summit-2019">https://acws.ca/leading-change-summit-2019</a></p>
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